Isle of Jura

In 1963, the spirit sprang from the Jura stills for the first time since the turn of the 20th century. The whisky distillery is the Isle of Jura’s one and only and underwent a substantial rebuild; nothing remained from the old buildings save for the walls. The buildings were designed by William Delmé-Evans who would later be the principal architect for the Tullibardine distillery. It was two local estate owners, Robin Fletcher and Tony Riley-Smith who employed Delmé-Evans to renovate the distillery in a bid to boost the local economy.

Despite the relative close proximity between Islay and Jura, the whiskies are rather dissimilar. Jura whiskies offer power, but none of the intense peat smoke of its Ìleach cousins from across the narrow channel between the two isles. The Isle of Jura distillery was founded by Archibald Campbell in 1810 and named the Small Isles Distillery. It was some eight years after the License Act of 1823 that William Abercombie obtained a license for the distillery, renaming it Isle Of Jura.

The name derives from the Old Norse for ‘deer island’, a reference, most probably, to the large local herds of deer, which more than outnumber the isle’s human population. The most notable resident was George Orwell, who famously travelled to the isle on a bright, cold day to write '1984'. There have been several independent bottlings as well as an extensive official range which include the 2008 release of four vintages which make up the Elements series.

A Signatory bottling from Isle of Jura for the Cask Strength Collection. This heavily peated single malt Scotch whisky was distilled in December 1989. It slumbered in a bourbon barrel until October... More info

Bottled as part of the Old Particular range by Douglas Laing, they're being so very... definite... about what they want from these expressions, no chill filtration and no artificial colouring, just... More info

A rich, dark single malt whisky from the Isle of Jura, this was distilled in 1976 before a 35 year maturation in a single cask (sherry hogshead number 888). It was bottled at cask-strength by Berry... More info

A 9 year old whisky from the Isle of Jura, bottled for Douglas Laing's Provenance range. This stuff was distilled in Spring of 2003, aged in a single refill hogshead and bottled in Spring of 2012... More info

A special edition Jura released to celebrate the Islay whisky festival. Aged in a French Limousin oak cask which was chosen by a select group of Jura residents from the distillery's warehouses. It... More info

An "Advance Sample" Old Malt Cask bottling from the Jura distillery. This was distilled in May of 2003 and aged for 9 years in refill hogshead 8552 before bottling at 50% abv in May 2012. Delicious... More info

This is a sixteen year old Isle of Jura bottling from Douglas Laing's Old Malt Cask range. Jura was the home to George Orwell when he wrote the eponymous Nineteen Eighty-Four. Maybe he needed a dram... More info

A Signatory bottling of 24 year old Jura single malt Scotch whisky - part of the Cask Strength Collection. Distilled in December 1989 on the mysterious island, this whisky matured in two bourbon... More info

The Old Malt Cask range is now bottled by Hunter Laing after Stewart Laing and his brother split Douglas Laing's assets between them. We have to say that we're delighted to see this excellent range... More info

This is a delicious sherry-matured single malt from the Isle of Jura's Boutique Barrels range. It was distilled in 1993 before a maturation in American white oak. Then it was aged in Oloroso Pasada... More info

Produced by the Isle of Jura, this is a lovely 1999 vintage which was distilled from heavily peated malt. It was aged in top-quality American oak up until 2006, at which time it was finished in... More info

By Jove, it's an independently bottle Jura single malt! This 7 year whisky is presented in a gorgeous decanter that's covered in alliteration and is described as being subtly smoky, spicy and... More info

An indie bottling of 21 year old Jura whisky, distilled in 1992, matured in a bourbon hogshead and bottled in February 2014 by Cadenhead with an outturn of 114 bottles. A top Island distillery and a... More info

The Isle of Jura's new 1977 vintage "Juar" is a spectacular dram which was filled into three first-fill bourbon casks for the initial maturation before a 12 month finish in a ruby port pipe. The... More info

A very rare expression from Isle of Jura, named Feith A' Chaorainn, which translates to 'The lands around the Rowan'. The Rowan Tree on the Island of Jura is believed to bring good luck, so obviously... More info

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